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    Film Review: Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

    Film Review: Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

    This week in film review it's Pan's Labyrinth, Guillermo del Toro's stunningly bleak fairy tale set in post-Civil War Spain. The costumes...
    Film Review: Palmeras en La Nieve (2014)

    Film Review: Palmeras en La Nieve (2014)

    The 1950s. Kilian (Mario Casas) leaves the snowy mountains of Huesca for the Spanish-African island colony of Fernando Poo, where he's to...
    Film Review: La Isla Minima (2014)

    Film Review: La Isla Minima (2014)

    A police thriller which drips with sweat in the humid wetlands of the Doñana Natural Park, Alberto Rodriguez’s film follows the...

    Film of the Week: Torrente

    ‘Ey, chiquillo! When you ever seen an officer of the law in this country pay for anything?’ TimeOut slated the first flick in this...
    Jamon, Jamon (1994)

    Jamon, Jamon (1994)

    Jamon, Jamon, ‘a tale of ham and passion’, with a script by Catalan writer Quim Monzón and shot by Bigas Luna in the Aragonese desert,...
    Viridiana (1961)

    Viridiana (1961)

    One of cinema’s most controversial directors, Luis Buñuel was constantly at loggerheads with censors and, at times, even the Vatican....
    Film of the Week

    Film of the Week

    Abre Los Ojos (1997) From the moment we follow Eduardo Noriega’s handsome, twenty-something yuppy Cesar driving out of the garage of his...
    Spanish Film of the Week

    Spanish Film of the Week

    Mar Adentro (2004) ‘When you spend so long in people’s care, you learn to cry with a smile.’ In Alejandro Amenábar’s moving film, Javier...
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    Living In: Alella

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    Postcards from the Ledge: Barcelona's Congost Valley

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    What is: Andorra Land Art

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    Gibraltar: Banter or Belligerence?

    Exploration of Catalonia's Nether Parts: Castellet i la Gornal

    Exploration of Catalonia's Nether Parts: Castellet i la Gornal

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